^^

great pics bai!

Some more: I don't know the names of these bldgs.

This one is near Golden Peak

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These are in Fuente Osmeña

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Mao lagi bai ingon ako wife na mura daw kog di taga Cebu kay sige lang ko pic-pics. Para SSC diay to hehehe... Adik gyud sad.

Here's another of my rendetion of CBP

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^^ hahaha, same experience here, my workmates are calling me "the foreigner" kay sige daw ko pic pic. wala lang sila kabalo nga adik ko.

its nice to look at that lexmark is taller than innove and keppel

^^ hahaha, same experience here, my workmates are calling me "the foreigner" kay sige daw ko pic pic. wala lang sila kabalo nga adik ko.
funny kaau imong term..... lolz

^^ other ssc cebu terms, kimchi, sushi, pink and pic pic, hahahaha. and dont forget the *toot*

^^ im rofl now, we can actually make a sentence out of those terms, heres an example, "i like to take pic pics of the pink *toot* of the kimchis and sushis"... patay!

ok behave.

04/19/2006
300 delegates from 60 nations to attend anti-terror confab tomorrow


Cebu City (19 April) -- Three hundred foreign delegates from 60 countries including our own representatives from various Philippine embassies have confirmed their attendance as Cebu hosts the first-ever anti-terror conference for terrorism experts that will open tomorrow, April 20 at Shangri-la Mactan Island Resort in Lapulapu City.

Terrorism, a growing global problem that wrecks havoc to human lives and sabotages economic and political condition has made nations around the globe to bond together to fight against this tangible menace.

Ambassador Benjamin Defensor, Ambassador-at-Large for Counter-Terrorism who is likewise the conference chairman yesterday bared that about 160 participants from over 30 countries have promised to attend. But in a final meeting called by conference organizers this morning, the latest report found the number of participants have increased. The increase in the number of attendees is said to be due to the critical significance and generating interests among nations to realistically find common solutions and provide a strategic policy response that is developmental in nature to counter terrorism.

Participants include ambassadors and ministers of embassies based in the Philippines, policymakers, civil society leaders and counter-terrorism practitioners.

The three-day "First Philippine Counter-Terrorism Experts' Conference" (CTEC) that seeks to identify dilemmas and difficulties in fighting terrorism from global, regional and national perspectives aims to come up with a final declaration at the end of the conference to be called "Cebu Concord." The declaration will constitute the common position of the international representatives to counter terrorism.

With the conference theme "Defeating Dilemmas in Counter-Terrorism," confirmed speakers include Counter-Terrorism Expert Mathias Sonn of Germany, Counter-Terrorism Expert David Gork of Australia, Sr. Minister Ramos Horta of East Timor, Dolgos Solongo of the UN Drugs and Crime, Margarethe Loj of the UN Counter-Terrorism Commission and Rohman Gunaratna of Singapore.

SRP to have bird watching area

A site for bird watching will soon be designated near the Pond B of the South Reclamation Project where sightings of herons and wild ducks have been reported.

Mayor Tomas Osmeña, who had a tour around the pond with some members of the media, said that he will push for the development of a bird viewing deck in the area where people would be able to watch a variety of migratory birds and those that settle near the pond.

more (http://www.philstar.com/philstar/FREEMAN200604201814.htm)

Arcenas estate allots space for high-rise condo project
By Ehda M. Dagooc
The Freeman 04/19/2006

A section of the 20-hectare Arcenas Estate in Banawa will be allocated for high rise condominium and hotel developments to make it a fully integrated commercial, residential and business district in the southern part of Cebu.

Arcenas Group president Danny Arcenas said the company is willing to work with hotel developers or condominium developer investors to build hotel or high-rise condominium facilities in the area, which will soon be another landmark in the southern part of the city. More (http://philstar.com/philstar/freeman200604202001.htm)

I MISS U CEBU!

especially this!
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Lechon like no other! The best tasting roasted pig in the Philippines!!!
:gaah: I can't wait to go back there! :cry:

funny the first thing i requested as soon as i got there was lechon. hahaha jumbo lechon baboy just for our family. :lol:

Thursday, April 20, 2006
PAL tycoon’s kin mulls building school at SRP
By Jessica B. Natad
Sun.Star Staff Reporter

Disappointed by economic and political turmoil that seem to affect more the country’s capital, the daughter of taipan Lucio Tan is contemplating on expanding her business venture, the Entrepreneurs School of Asia (ESA), in Cebu.

The country’s unstable political situation is also one of the reasons Vivienne Tan decided to establish a satellite campus in Hangzhou, the capital of Zhejiang, China. The ESA campus in Hangzhou will start operating in May this year.

Vision

“One of the visions of ESA is to attract foreign students to come and study in the Philippines. But every now and then, the country experiences political crisis that discourages foreign students to come. This is why we decided to put up a satellite office in China to divert those interested to study in the school there,” Tan said in an interview last Tuesday.

For the school’s expansion in the Philippines, she said the company is looking for a “safer” yet “not so provincial” place.

Tan, who has a degree in computer science and mathematics, visited Cebu to explore the prospect of investing in the province.

“Cebu is a place that excites me. Cebuanos are known to be very creative, which is one of the traits of a potential entrepreneur,” she said.

Jay Aldeguer, who sits in the ESA board, said the company is looking at the South Road Properties, among others, as possible site for the school.

Bigger

If ESA’s Cebu expansion plan pushes through, Tan said the Cebu campus would be “bigger” and would require a larger investment than the school’s multimillion structure in Libis, Quezon City.

“If we will invest in Cebu, it would be on a bigger scale because we have to build (all) school facilities, such as classrooms, gym and dormitory, among others,” she said.

“We want to build our own building (using our own) design. We have our own design. It is also important to consider the lease rate of the lot because if the lease is too high, then we will have to pass on that cost to the students,” she added.

ESA is giving a special rate to Filipinos and offer scholarships to deserving students as well.

Pioneer

She said ESA is the only institution in Asia that is entirely focused on entrepreneurship development and education. It is one of the pioneering academic institutions in the Asia Pacific region to offer a bachelors degree in entrepreneurship.

She said ESA’s twofold vision in entering China is to make the school a gateway for anyone who would like to seek and understand the opportunities in China.

The school can also be a gateway for students and businessmen from China to learn about the culture and business opportunities in the rest of Southeast Asia, particularly in the Philippines.

The sixth daughter of seven children of Philippine Airline magnate Lucio Tan, US-educated Vivienne said she decided to venture into the education business in the Philippines after seeing the “deteriorating quality” of education in the country.

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Wow, this is a pic of Cebu from Beverly Hills. I never knew it could look so dense from some angles. :runaway:

Hello to all! :)
ask lang ko favor
A complete list of call centers currently operating in Cebu
descriptions and links would be very much appreciated thanks gd ..

goodmorning goodmorning...

I MISS U CEBU!

especially this!
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a301/rusty2die4/mactan_april06/family/IMG_0280.jpg
Lechon like no other! The best tasting roasted pig in the Philippines!!!
:gaah: I can't wait to go back there! :cry:

funny the first thing i requested as soon as i got there was lechon. hahaha jumbo lechon baboy just for our family. :lol:


dakoa gud anang lechona @ Rusty, nahurot na ninyo? Mo ambit ta kog pang paksiw...hehe


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this is new to me.... mura diayg cellfon.

Firm designs card for cable TV shows

To obtain a bigger market, a cable television company launched a prepaid card designed to attract those who do not want to pay monthly fees.

“We hope to tap working people as new market. They are mostly out their homes. Our prepaid cable card will allow them to watch cable TV at their convenient time,” SkyCable general manager Ronnie Pacio said.

SkyCable recently launched C-Load Prepaid Cable TV at their test areas in Talisay City, and in Barangays Pasil and Pardo in Cebu City.

Flexibility

Pacio said the prepaid card will give more flexibility to SkyCable subscribers as it allows them to choose their ideal programming package (which channels they want to watch) for a certain number of days.

“So far, we got encouraging results with the number of subscribers that availed of it. We hope to expand and offer the same service to other parts of the city (Cebu) like Labangon,” he said.

He said the industry continues to face problems, such as illegal subscribers, economic crisis and high cost of programming.

“We can’t easily increase our subscription rates because consumers will all the more get discouraged to subscribe. The pre-paid card is our way of making our service affordable and suitable to them,” he said.

There are close to 20 cable operators in Cebu Province, according to the National Telecommunications Commission’s website.

Pacio said despite the challenges, SkyCable still enjoys growth in the number of subscribers. (ALC)


--- 20 cable operators here in Cebu? the one I only know is skycable lang...

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Hello to all! :)
ask lang ko favor
A complete list of call centers currently operating in Cebu
descriptions and links would be very much appreciated thanks gd ..

Madamo chicks sang Iloilo? :runaway:

Though incomplete, here it is:

1. Sykes - http://www.sykes.com/
2. eTelecare - http://www.etelecare.com/
3. Convergys - http://www.convergys.com/
4. People Support - http://www.peoplesupport.com/
5. Western Watts

Here's the Wikipedia Entry about Call center industry in Philippines: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Call-center_industry_in_the_Philippines

thanks slerz! CEBU WOW!!!

I MISS U CEBU!

especially this!

Lechon like no other! The best tasting roasted pig in the Philippines!!!
:gaah: I can't wait to go back there! :cry:

funny the first thing i requested as soon as i got there was lechon. hahaha jumbo lechon baboy just for our family. :lol:

rusty, don't post anything like that again, PLEASE!!! heheheheheh...

Thanks slerz for posting those articles :cheers:

These list of WindShear are the "bigwigs" in the call center industry here in Cebu. There are a lot more "smaller call centers" -- both local and foreign -- but I think tj_brewed is more knowlegeable about this.


Though incomplete, here it is:

1. Sykes - http://www.sykes.com/
2. eTelecare - http://www.etelecare.com/
3. Convergys - http://www.convergys.com/
4. People Support - http://www.peoplesupport.com/
5. Western Watts



I don't know if Bigfoot, Innodata, Kairos, Xlibris, MCWD Call Center, etc..etc.. will qualify

Based on that Sunstar feature above:

South Road Properties Special Economic Zone

Approved-locator:

Fil-Rich Holdings Corporation (Fully automated container manufacturing plant)

Pre-Approved Locators:

Cebu Holdings Inc.
Bigfoot Group of Companies, Animation Firm
Cardiovascular Hospitals of America
JY Construction
J.King
Filinvest
RDAK
Toyota
Hardware Consolidated

New Properties/Real-Estate

Amara
Kishanta
Villa Sotana
Park Terrace Executive Homes
One Edison PLace
Mahogany Place
Residences at Coral Bay
Pristina North
Paseo San Ramon
Casa Rosita

Under-Constructions in CBP

2-storey bank building (across FGU)
18-storey Cebu Towers Commercial Bldg.
21-storey Tower Palace Condominium
22-Storey and 7-storey Lexmark

Other under-constructions

2 20-storey towers of Citylights Gardens
17-storey GV Hotel
20-storey Parklane Hotel
SM City's 5-level annex building
8-storey Cebu Doctors' University Building
Fuente Towers Complex
Cebu International Convention Center
Ayala Center Mall expansion project



Arcenas Estate

Paseo San Ramon and Casa Rosita
Convergys Call Center
Rustans Supermarket
Paseo Center

Proposals


Asiatown IT Park Phase 2 and conversion of TheVillage into a commercial center
Marco Polo Plaza Hotel's Cable Car to/from Busay (still awaiting for investors)
Elizabeth Mall Expansion
Mango Square Mall expansion
Conversion of the defunct Uniwide Sales building into a commercial building by Star168 Inc.

wait... i thought ayala expansion has already started?

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@xxxCarlosxxx

Actual construction pf the annex building has not yet started because they still have to transfer the old Jeepney Terminal to the newly completed one which is still undergoing a curing period before being allowed to operate.

But some said that "phase one" of the expansion has already started with the construction and completion of this new terminal building.

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How much do lechons nowadays cost? Is it true that some could go as high as P6,000?

^^P2,000 kay murag baktin kagamay...

btw, someone questioned the sign "New Mandaue City" along S. Osmeña ave. sa DYAB last night...
He said, is it a new city here in Cebu? Like that of New Mexico or New Manila... hehe

tnx bai arnold

Major Malls in Metro Cebu:


SM City Cebu (Cebu City)
Ayala Center Cebu (Cebu City)
Gaisano Country Mall (Cebu City)
Elizabeth Mall (Cebu City)
Banilad Town Center (Cebu City)
Robinsons Mall (Cebu City)
Mango Square Mall (Cebu City)
JY Square Mall (Cebu City)
Crossroads Mall (Cebu City)
Gaisano Fiesta Mall (Talisay City)
Mactan Marina Mall (Lapu-Lapu City)

Cebu's smaller version of Bangkok's Pratunam and Hongkong's Mongkok

Weekend Markets

-These are make-shift stalls that appear at the sidewalks of downtown Cebu City only during the weekends. They sell varied items from clothes and shoes (including imitations), to cheap electronics made in China (DVD players, radios, television sets, MP3 Players, MPEG Viewers) and other items like fake Rolexes and even genuine ones like the Seikos and Citizens. On weekdays, you can find most of them at the Carbon Flea Market area.

-Some of them have made their way to Fuente selling DVDs and Swords.

-Some of them too have become a fixed sight at the sidewalks even during weekdays (like those selling electronics and watches) of Juan Luna and Colon streets though the city government is doing something to control their number.

-There are other fixed establishments too that sell cheap electronics, souvenir items, and appliances.
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Note: Counterfeit items are not allowed in any US port of entry. :bash:


I'll post pictures of the stalls selling electronics later on because I was on a moving vehicle when I took these:

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thats is carbon right? or near near carbon

http://www.ngkhai.net/cebuwiki/images/2/23/Skyline.gif

Wow, this is a pic of Cebu from Beverly Hills. I never knew it could look so dense from some angles. :runaway:



Very, very nice view. I like it. :yes: :okay: :bow: :applause:

bai, some facts about png, i think its official name answers your querry:
OFFICIAL NAME:
Independent State of Papua New Guinea

pero:

GOVERNMENT AND POLITICAL CONDITIONS
Papua New Guinea, a constitutional monarchy, recognizes the Queen of England as head of state. She is represented by a Governor General who is elected by Parliament and who performs mainly ceremonial functions. Papua New Guinea has three levels of government--national, provincial, and local. There is a 109-member unicameral Parliament, whose members are elected every 5 years. The Parliament in turn elects the prime minister, who appoints his cabinet from members of his party or coalition.

more on this website: http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/2797.htm#gov

Sakto ka bai, dive cebu.

il see what i can do tagacebuako, but i cant do it earlier than 6 or 7 pm kay my work will end at 6pm pa man. so probably i can post whatever is written there sa night na. and most probably by the time na mo log in ko sa SSC, everything is posted by slerz na, hehehe, btw, is PNG an independent country or is it a territory of some country or what? maayong gabi-i mga higala.



Danghan salamat bai fundraiser.

whewh, i'm speechless.., imagine what cebu would be like 5 years from now.., humana ang expansion sa ayala by that time!! hehe,.

i just hope donald trump could see the booming real estate industry in our metropolis.., then he could have developed something like a 50-hectare property into a blazing business district filled with 50 to 70-storey skyscrapers..!!! hehe, nice imagination..

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AsiaTown

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Downtown

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^^honestly sa akong 1st look, I really thought that it's Makati...
Colon (the oldest) is so dense and superb bai... Downtown Cebu still rulzzz :okay:

haha nabalik na ko.. nangatol na ako tudlo :D

pics of Bacolod... :carrot::banana:
dugay na kami naga hulat sa imo bai, at last adi na gayud ka...:D

haha tagbaw jud mo.. 150+ ako pics sa bacolod nya napa jud ko mga pics sa kawasan.. naa nako pics sa panaad stadium

Major Malls in Metro Cebu:


SM City Cebu (Cebu City)
Ayala Center Cebu (Cebu City)
Gaisano Country Mall (Cebu City)
Elizabeth Mall (Cebu City)
Banilad Town Center (Cebu City)
Robinsons Mall (Cebu City)
Mango Square Mall (Cebu City)
JY Square Mall (Cebu City)
Crossroads Mall (Cebu City)
Gaisano Fiesta Mall (Talisay City)
Mactan Marina Mall (Lapu-Lapu City)




I guess Metro Gaisano in Colon Street is a major shopping destination even if its not a mall since it has a major fraction of the Cebu shopper traffic

Mao lagi bai ingon ako wife na mura daw kog di taga Cebu kay sige lang ko pic-pics. Para SSC diay to hehehe... Adik gyud sad.

haha daghan nata bai.. ako siguro pinaka adik nato tanan dire

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mura familiar man ang pic sa pinaka left.. :D

wat's wd d pinakaleft nga pic? is it not d club ultima? :)

mura familiar man ang pic sa pinaka left.. :D

Perhaps taken by you

mura familiar man ang pic sa pinaka left.. :D

and sa pinaka right... picture of prince hotel was a donated pic... and who donated it ??? pasayloa ang nag donate :D

aw okay.. i get it.. it must surely be sum1 4m ssc.., or a spectator (just like me before.. hehe).. :D

Madamo chicks sang Iloilo? :runaway:

Though incomplete, here it is:

1. Sykes - http://www.sykes.com/
2. eTelecare - http://www.etelecare.com/
3. Convergys - http://www.convergys.com/
4. People Support - http://www.peoplesupport.com/
5. Western Watts

Here's the Wikipedia Entry about Call center industry in Philippines: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Call-center_industry_in_the_Philippines
These list of WindShear are the "bigwigs" in the call center industry here in Cebu. There are a lot more "smaller call centers" -- both local and foreign -- but I think tj_brewed is more knowlegeable about this.

I don't know if Bigfoot, Innodata, Kairos, Xlibris, MCWD Call Center, etc..etc.. will qualify
Thanks gd ... I'll just google around for more info on those on the list

Always lurking around the Cebu thread ... it's impressive how everything is booming in Cebu. For example, the The 20 call centers opening for this year alone (http://www.panaynews.com.ph/archives/2006/0419/business.htm) ... GO CEBU!

@dabert
you know its so funy you mention trump. im in newyork now and he has a lot of buildings here. and he was responsible of making atlantic city of new jersey to be the las vegas version of the east side of US. he built two casino hotel their and attracted his other rich friends to to the same. im with you of hoping someday someone like him (a high profile international real estate developer) would do the same to cebu, its an added atraction to our tourism city... we have beautiful beaches, rich historical places, cheap shopping on nice malls, what would it be if we can showcase a pool of international hotels also...that would defenitely be nice...and it adds to our 5star hotel rooms capacity pa..well lets just dream for now..who knows...

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my pics of kawasan falls

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our cottage

^^ good morning cebu!!!

share lang nako basin wala pa dri...
bitoy's version of cueshe's ulan... really funny.

Ulan by Bitoy - Bubble Gang (http://www.savefile.com/files.php?fid=8139080)

my pics of kawasan falls

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my goodness!!! what the hell are those ugly cottages? why is the government of badian(?) allowing those greedy people to build those structures there? DENR to the rescue, please!!!

markiiboi, kasab-i inyo mayor! heheheh

they should have consulted a professional before they put up those structures.. and the sad thing is in our cottage they nailed a sign board which says "all cottages are in accordance with ECC [environmental compliance certificate] issued by DENR.. haha

"nibati ang kawasan tungod ky nagpatuyang lang sila ug tukod.. pero matabang pa bya ang kawasan kung lihukon lang jud nila"


@junax maayong buntag bai.. salamat sa link.. :D

^^

You're right CwEoBwU. It seems that the LGU there has been so inutile to Kawasan. Cottages shouldn't be built there in the first place. Aside from ruining Kawasan's view, there's also a possibility of human waste contamination into the waters.

Another example also are some of the beaches in Mactan. Ideally, there should be an allowance from the shoreline up to the structures that are going to be built. But what is happening in some "resorts" there now is that buildings, cottages and even walls and barricades are just protruding "over here" and "over there."

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[googled pic] naunsa naman ni na building sa UP? any updates?

^^

Finished na na Marvs. That's going to be a Folk Arts theater something. :) Nice na siya nga venue para sa Peace Philharmonic Orchestra (Cebu Youth Symphony Orchestra before)... Hehehe. It would have been nice if this was built near the vicinity of the CICC so that the area there in Mandaue will truly become a convention complex. :)


@slerz

honestly sa akong 1st look, I really thought that it's Makati...
Colon (the oldest) is so dense and superb bai... Downtown Cebu still rulzzz

Not just Makati slerz, but more or less it looks like a part of Kowloon in Hongkong especially the one in the intersection.

http://www.harrys-stuff.com/hong-kong/hong-kong-images/kowloon.jpg

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i thought they'd stopped the construction of that building coz there are still GI sheet fences.. pero sayang coz there are still several buildings inside the UP campus [high school] that are left unfinished..

@marvin, laagan ka kaayo! :D ayo pa ka, daghan kaayo time :D

^^sugbuanon

It's a government project bai. What can we expect, hehe. Also, I think UP has jurisdiction over it na so maybe the province has already done its part in its construction and I guess it's up to UP na when they would open it. :)

bai arnold.... bitaw noh... bsag karaan na au ang downtown cebu... ok ra man ghapn... nice ra man ghapon

@dabert
you know its so funy you mention trump. im in newyork now and he has a lot of buildings here. and he was responsible of making atlantic city of new jersey to be the las vegas version of the east side of US. he built two casino hotel their and attracted his other rich friends to to the same. im with you of hoping someday someone like him (a high profile international real estate developer) would do the same to cebu, its an added atraction to our tourism city... we have beautiful beaches, rich historical places, cheap shopping on nice malls, what would it be if we can showcase a pool of international hotels also...that would defenitely be nice...and it adds to our 5star hotel rooms capacity pa..well lets just dream for now..who knows...

Right bai. I think this is were Michael Gleissner (of Bigfoot) and that guy who is president of Lexmark Philippines Inc. (I forgot his name) would come in. And let's not forget the Korean investors too!

Gleissner's proposals are so promising -- another film facility at the SRP, a Yacht club, etc..etc.. And my classmate in college who is working in Bigfoot also said that they have a property at the Cebu Business Park (specifically near the driving range).

By the way, fundraiser posted an article in the preceeding pages about a bill filed in Congress for Gleissner's Philippine Citizenship. The president of Lexmark Phils. too is an adopted son of Cebu.



@xxxCarlosxxx

You're right bai. If we can clean up some parts of Downtown and beef up the security, it can very much boost Cebu's tourism. These are what some tourists actually want especially the backpacker ones: cheap bargains for souvenirs and other items including the exotic ones, etc.

For example in Bangkok bai, they have this Pratunam district. Actually some parts of it really looks like Downtown, if not even worst. You can see make-shift stalls selling shoes, clothes, antiques, electronics...the sidewalks themselves are barely passable because of the very large number of "negosyantes" selling lots of items and it's very chaotic! Far more chaotic than Colon!...there are some too that are selling food (ala pungko-pungko or turo-turo)... But one thing I've noticed, most of their clients are foreign tourists including pinoys! I've noticed too that they have a tourist police, if only we can have one.

The same with Kowloon in Hongkong especially in Mongkok. Aside from the fact that the roads are very narrow, some of it are literally closed to traffic during the night just to give way to make-shift stalls. But the place is very booming..very safe too..

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[googled pic] naunsa naman ni na building sa UP? any updates?

heheheheh, naa na sad ko laing komentaryo.

have you observed that acacia tree fronting the auditorium? and why aren't they cutting that? it is where it shouldn't be! i am an advocate of enviromental protection, but i don't think it is logical to have that tree there.

gilalisan biya na sa mga taga-u.p. ngano daw putlon ang mga punuan dihang dapita. makiglalis unta sila sa ubang mas angay protektahan sama sa kawasan, watersheds, ug uban pa. kuwang na lang ang punuan naa tunga sa auditorium...

^^sugbuanon

It's a government project bai. What can we expect, hehe. Also, I think UP has jurisdiction over it na so maybe the province has already done its part in its construction and I guess it's up to UP na when they would open it. :)


i think the interior isn't finished yet. no seats yet... also, the government is waiting for donors to fund the other needs of that structure.

^^

@cweobwu

lagi bai. Maayo mahuman na jud na. I think construction of it started during the time of Gov. Tingting dela Serna pa?

^^

@cweobwu

lagi bai. Maayo mahuman na jud na. I think construction of it started during the time of Gov. Tingting dela Serna pa?

yes, former gov. dela serna. cebu badly needs a venue for the performing arts.

@marvin, laagan ka kaayo! :D ayo pa ka, daghan kaayo time :D

hehe karon lang ni fhoy.. 1st summer pani nako na nakalaag jud ko ug maayo outside sa cebu.. sauna pirme man ko naay summer class karon ra wala.. :D

if only the buildings in colon were taller, then it would somehow resemble ny square (basta ilahang downtown.....), kulang na lang kai big tv screens that would show tv patrol or 24 oras news every night.. ehehe.. :D

Guys, which month is better to visit Cebu this year between July or August???

^^

You're right CwEoBwU. It seems that the LGU there has been so inutile to Kawasan. Cottages shouldn't be built there in the first place. Aside from ruining Kawasan's view, there's also a possibility of human waste contamination into the waters.

Another example also are some of the beaches in Mactan. Ideally, there should be an allowance from the shoreline up to the structures that are going to be built. But what is happening in some "resorts" there now is that buildings, cottages and even walls and barricades are just protruding "over here" and "over there."

I agree, the area should be zoned as part of Philippines Protected Parks

actualy the watersheds in lusaran, taptap and buhisan are protected property acording to law... we went there before while in college as part of our thesis on environmental engineering... however there are a lot of illegal settlers there but the government cannot diplace them due to political reasons...remember the news in sunstar online regarding the ex cop guy? about the settlers there na isue...? well, since the govt cant offer them relocation site with new livelyhood...they cant transfer them... and acording to our study they are increasing in number the settlers there

cebu, lav ya!

^^ Welcome Czarina to SSC Philippines... Post away and Enjoy!

nakakainis ang PEx palaging server busy mabuti pa dito..

sinjin, ikaw ba ang gumawa ng Pinoy Ako forums?
ako nandun din ako...

Madamo chicks sang Iloilo? :runaway:

Though incomplete, here it is:

1. Sykes - http://www.sykes.com/
2. eTelecare - http://www.etelecare.com/
3. Convergys - http://www.convergys.com/
4. People Support - http://www.peoplesupport.com/
5. Western Watts

Here's the Wikipedia Entry about Call center industry in Philippines: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Call-center_industry_in_the_Philippines

@chymera: officially, there are currently 20 call center companies operating in Cebu and around 11 Business Process Outsourcing companies. the list? unfortunately i got none. by next year Cebu will be hosting a total of 40 call companies. :cool:

sinjin, ikaw ba ang gumawa ng Pinoy Ako forums?
ako nandun din ako...

Yeah, but I spend most of my time here. So you're a long time lurker, first time poster...?

kakainis!!! laki ng gusto kong avatar... kaya ayan, liit sobra


:juggler:

im adik sa PEx kasi... hindi pala gumagana ang smilies dito.. naku naman kakainis..

im adik sa PEx kasi... hindi pala gumagana ang smilies dito.. naku naman kakainis..

Gumagana po ang smilies... Pumili ka lang sa right... And btw, SSC is not PEx, so offtopic posts should be avoided. Thanks. :)

sino ba nagpePEx dito??

sino ba nagpePEx dito??

Marami po but we're not that active there...

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Okay back to the topic,
I heard that the Ayala Jeepney Terminal (new) has been opened to the public. How true is this?

http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c396/Slerz2/ssi1.jpg

http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c396/Slerz2/ssi2.jpg

thank u so much slerz for sharing this! maybe we could invite Ms. Jessica Natad here in SSC so she could obtain more helpful infos. and to make "Changing Landscape Part II" possible. ;)

lahat ba dito cebuanos?? okie:glee: tagalog lang ako guys ha..

OT muna..

sinjin, taga-USC ka ba? i think friends tayo sa friendster

Cebu-Mactan bridges
to get security cams
Published: 21 April 2006

by Dale G. Israel

THE two bridges spanning the islands of Cebu and Mactan will soon be equipped with security cameras.

In the latest meeting of the Mactan-Cebu Bridge Management Board (MCBMB), it was announced that a total of 32 cameras will be shared between the first Mandaue-Mactan Bridge and the Marcelo B. Fernan Bridge to ensure greater security, especially when Mandaue City hosts the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit this December.

Once installed, the cameras will feed live footage to the Lapu-Lapu City police station and the Capitol Action Center. The Police Regional Office in Central Visayas (PRO-7) will be given a hookup to the cameras eventually.

Gov. Gwendolyn Garcia will also be able to view the feed from any camera through her mobile phone.

Aside from increasing security at the bridges, Garcia also barred a plan to increase the bridges' earning potential.

During the MCBMB meeting, Garcia said she wanted to invest P2.8 million from the bridges' total maintenance funds of P3.276 million.

The amount, she said, would be invested into treasury bills and special savings deposits.

She said she expected earnings of up to 7 percent from the amount invested.

The remaining P476,000 would be used for the bridges' maintenance.

The bridge board, of which Garcia is chairperson, gets its income from utility companies that use the bridges, such as electric and telecommunication firms.

Soon, the MCBMB will also be sourcing income from an ad agency, APM Advertising, which won exclusive rights to put up billboards and banners on both bridges.

The agency will be paying the board P211,000 per month for 12 months.

@Czarina, please do read the rules:

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They should be done via private messaging.
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removed. However, spam warnings should not be given in such cases except in severe cases.
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Give out official spam warnings to repeat offenders. Give a bit of leeway
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5. No Advertising. No creating threads or multiple posts of any kind about your own site, a product you sell, a group you belong to etc, without prior approval of the site Administration. Doing so will likely result in a ban.

6. All these points apply to the other sections of SSC outside the ASF forums, and forumers will be dealt with accordingly.

7. No foul language in any portion of a user's title, signature, location, etc.

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When encountered, we will generally lock an offending thread or delete offending content and may choose to PM the forumer(s) involved with a warning/explanation. Addditional problems can result in a Brigging from SSC for up to two weeks (during this time, a person can only view the forums and cannot post or vote). Further disciplinary problems will likely result in a forumer either being banned from ASF or SSC permanently. Brigged forumers are not to re-register another account while brigged. If caught, all accounts will be banned. Likewise for forumers who register multiple accounts to vote in polls etc.

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nakakainis tong avatar!!

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wait.. uhmm, sinjin, meron bang mods dito?:lol:

^^ Yeah, and they're as strict as the PEx mods but they spend camaraderie with the forumers here

okie... aba, strict din pala dito..

thnks sinjin

^^ Yeah, if you read some of the posts in the other threads, someone mentioned that SSC should not be like PEx where people are almost uncivilized. Anyway, your new here so your case is still understood. ;)

We also have our special section for "Sosyalan" here:
SAMAHAN (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/forumdisplay.php?f=398)

Feel free to create TV Ratings thread. :hilarious

guys, is it true na magtatayo ng second mall ang SM sa Cebu:?:

guys, is it true na magtatayo ng second mall ang SM sa Cebu:?:

Refer to this thread:
Metro Cebu U/Cs and Proposals III (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=329245)

^^ cute!!! may chatmate na si sinjin :D

@sinjin, sa totoo lang.. mas makakapag-express ka ng opinion mo sa PEx kesa dito.. hehe.. so dont call PExers almost uncivilized..

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di na ba tuloy ang megadome? kala ko, itutuloy ulit because of the ASEAN summit here on december

@sinjin, sa totoo lang.. mas makakapag-express ka ng opinion mo sa PEx kesa dito.. hehe.. so dont call PExers almost uncivilized..



If you read my post, I just quoted it from an old thread here. And that's why they are almost uncivilized because they express their deepest opinions and they cannot control their feelings and emotions anymore thus resulting into contrasting opinions and then bickering. ;)
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di na ba tuloy ang megadome? kala ko, itutuloy ulit because of the ASEAN summit here on december

Itutuloy ito under a new name "Cebu International Convention Center" and as I said, refer to the
CEBU Under Constructions and Proposals Thread (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=329245)

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Hay napipikon na ako but nevermind, I need to extend my patience since you are just a new forumer and you need to be guided here. Again, this isn't Pinoy Exchange :)

hello cebu...

would like to ask favor from u guys. may i have name of hotels nearest to the French embassy there.. thanks in advance :)

^^ Yeah, if you read some of the posts in the other threads, someone mentioned that SSC should not be like PEx where people are almost uncivilized. Anyway, your new here so your case is still understood. ;)

We also have our special section for "Sosyalan" here:
SAMAHAN (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/forumdisplay.php?f=398)

Feel free to create TV Ratings thread. :hilarious


OT:
talaga? pwedeng magtayo ng TV ratings thread.. hehe

sorry tlaga, naninibago lang ako sa environment dito... kakaiba sa PEx.. parang serious lahat ng tao dito:lol:

OT:
talaga? pwedeng magtayo ng TV ratings thread.. hehe

sorry tlaga, naninibago lang ako sa environment dito... kakaiba sa PEx.. parang serious lahat ng tao dito:lol:

Magtayo ka as you wish. :yes: Yes, you would really have to adjust to the environment here because it is rather different that the environment in PEx but we're not serious at all times. Check out Samahan (www.skyscrapercity.com/forumdisplay.php?f=398)

bitaw no, cute kaau cla. :)
^^ cute!!! may chatmate na si sinjin :D

@Sinjin, last na toh..

natawa ako sa 'yo.. pareho kayo ng pag-uugali ni Empress EeggeE

alis na ako!! as if sa inyo lang tong thread na toh?!?! :gossip:

@Sinjin, last na toh..

natawa ako sa 'yo.. pareho kayo ng pag-uugali ni Empress EeggeE

alis na ako!! as if sa inyo lang tong thread na toh?!?! :gossip:

^^ Di ko siya kilala. :|

Wait, bakit aalis ka? As I told you, we're here to guide you... ;)
Dapat magpasalamat ka pa nga saken because if di pa kita inabutan at ibang forumer ang makasalubong mo, siguradong papagalitan ka. ;)
If you go away, then you're a loser. :colgate:
See 'ya :)

^^ cute!!! may chatmate na si sinjin :D

Yeah, ginawa niya 'tong thread na isang chatroom (Hoy 'di to PEx na sa isang buong page, hi at hello lang ang makikita mo! :D ), kaya please guide her instead of making fun. :colgate: As I said, we could understand since you're new here. ;)

OT:
talaga? pwedeng magtayo ng TV ratings thread.. hehe

sorry tlaga, naninibago lang ako sa environment dito... kakaiba sa PEx.. parang serious lahat ng tao dito:lol:

welcome =-=+cZaRiNa+=-. here we post and discus developments positively although you cannot prevent some people stir arguments but not like in pex's intensity. i like it here. :)

@Jimbu, :wave::wave:

@Jimbu, :wave::wave:
Please avoid chatroom like posts...

I'd just like to quote what our moderator, GreyX, said:

Examples of Chatting=Spamming:
Member 1: "Hi everyone, I'm online now!"
Member 2: "Oh hey, _____"
Member 3: "Yay! _____ is finally online"
Member 1: "Yeah, i got caught up at work"
Member 2: "Oh thats too bad...so wassup?"
Member 4: "Hey, ____!"
etc....

Another example:
Member 1: "alright i gotta go sleep now"
Member 2: "goodnite, ______"
Member 3: "Later, _______"
Member 4: "Bye!! See you tomorrow"
Member 1: "Bye guys"
Member 5: "Good night!! I gotta go too myself"
Member 2: "Goodnite to you too"
etc...

This just takes up too much bandwidth and is not what SSC is about. We are here to discuss our common interests of urbanity and skyscrapers. Samahan is available for little breaks in between and for community bonding. Dont get me wrong, I'm very, very glad friendships are strengthened in the forums. I fear that the main focus of the forums is shifting away from the main boards and is moving to Samahan, which should not be the case. Create threads and stick to the main focus of the thread, i see way too often that a healthy discussion leads to chit chat.

Additionally, I have also observed that some people are only here for the Skybar/Samahan. This is considered spamming, and i advise you to branch out and contribute in other areas of the forum. We are hear to learn, share, discuss urban topics from all over the world. Chat can be done in community forums, chatrooms or msn.

hello cebu...

would like to ask favor from u guys. may i have name of hotels nearest to the French embassy there.. thanks in advance :)

Waterfront Hotel and all the hotels in Salinas Drive (NorthWinds, Crowne Garden, Metropark) are I guess the ones nearer to it. The Consulate of France (not embassy) is in Mabolo specifically near the San Carlos Seminary. :)

Waterfront Hotel and all the hotels in Salinas Drive (NorthWinds, Crowne Garden, Metropark) are I guess the ones nearer to it. The Consulate of France (not embassy) is in Mabolo specifically near the San Carlos Seminary. :)

thanks so much :)

@slerz, GOOOOD JOB man!!!! thanks for that sunstar clippings. Now, what can the *toooot*s say? Holiday? hahaha!!!! :)

btw, guys who among you loves to eat beef loaf? naa ra ba brand sa beef loaf bai nga available lang sa Cebu and some other parts in Vismin! That brand is my favorite beef loaf gyud!!!! Guess what's the name? It's not Holiday but Fiesta! But I believe Holiday is a cebuano brand as well....

http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f266/czarina8083363/4878_photo_v.jpg
sana ganyan din ang Cebu noh..:lol:

http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f266/czarina8083363/Picture20104a.jpg
SEAG in Cebu

sooner czarina, cebu skyline will be the envy of our neighbors, here and abroad.

http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f266/czarina8083363/Picture20177.jpg

http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f266/czarina8083363/Picture20180a.jpg

http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f266/czarina8083363/Picture20092a.jpg

http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f266/czarina8083363/picture026a.jpg
sorry.. can't get over of the SEA Games in Cebu eh


:banana2:

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:banana2:

finally, Team Philippines

http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f266/czarina8083363/Picture20088a.jpg


:banana2:

last pic ko na to..
http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f266/czarina8083363/Picture20097a.jpg
torch


:banana2:

czarina?? as in my ex-skulmate in science high? hehe.. i was reading your posts u know.. and it seems u really need to adjust to the environment here, ssc's really not that serious but it's seriously fun when forumers discuss all the positive news and developments happening around in our metropolis.. :D :D

hope u enjoy!!..

Yeah, ginawa niya 'tong thread na isang chatroom (Hoy 'di to PEx na sa isang buong page, hi at hello lang ang makikita mo! :D ), kaya please guide her instead of making fun. :colgate: As I said, we could understand since you're new here. ;)

haha pasensya na sinjin buangon lang jud ko ug utok.. puro ra jud na binuang ako.. ikaw yaw sad kau seryoso.. :D


@charina ako lang ang seryoso na forumer dito sa cebu thread.. :)

hey, that's jack "the wack" jakosalem sa philippine team pic!!! bai slerz, imo migo oh...

sana magtayo ng malaking stadium sa Cebu for regional, national and even internation sporting events..


:banana2::dance:

yup, jack "the wack"... ako migo? imo nuon best friend...hehe
mauwaw man gani ko mo tagad ana niya pero next time mag atubang mi, ako siya iinvite personally dri sa SSC... :D

czarina?? as in my ex-skulmate in science high? hehe.. i was reading your posts u know.. and it seems u really need to adjust to the environment here, ssc's really not that serious but it's seriously fun when forumers discuss all the positive news and developments happening around in our metropolis.. :D :D

hope u enjoy!!..

hello!:wave:

actually, nakaagi ra ko dinhi... then nalingaw kog edit sa akong avatar.. kaila lagi ka? nahibong lang ko kay naay Science High akong nakit-an sa post, ikaw diay..

anyways.. scary kaayo mu-post dinhi dili pareha sa PEx.. as in! wa ko naanad na serious ang forums.. nakaagi ra ko dinhi tungod kay nabwes*t ko sa PEx kay server busy na sad...


:lol:


:banana2::dance:

http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f266/czarina8083363/01.jpg
This is Seoul c/o imbestigador007 of GMA PExchange thread

sana nga meron na rin tayong maipagmalaking skyline.. not to avoid squatters' areas of course


:banana2::dance:

cge na slerz, you invite him. im sure he has lots of things to share about cebu and its developments.. para naa nasad tay dakong tawo sa ato forum.. dili literal ni ako pagka sulti ha! hehehe!!! peace jack! :nocrook:

http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f266/czarina8083363/photo128.jpg
SEA Games in Luneta..
tsk tsk tsk nag-opening ceremonies sa open field, how sad! Wala tayong modern infrastracture to hold 200,000 people or more.. Kaya ayun, nagkastampede sa Ultra..


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cge na slerz, you invite him. im sure he has lots of things to share about cebu and its developments.. para naa nasad tay dakong tawo sa ato forum.. dili literal ni ako pagka sulti ha! hehehe!!! peace jack! :nocrook:

cg, mangayo kog cel number ha pero ikay text niya...hehe
bitaw, jack "tha wack" is a nice person... he's not garboso... mao ra na...:lol:

cg, mangayo kog cel number ha pero ikay text niya...hehe
bitaw, jack "tha wack" is a nice person... he's not garboso... mao ra na...:lol:

o ba, way blema na bai, basta para sa kaayuhan sa atong tanan dre sa ssc-cebu, ako gyung himuon maski kontra sa akong kabubut-on! hahaha!!!! :hahaha:

hapit na, hapit na, hapit na ma close ang thread! ako ang ga una sa countdown ha, walay mangilog! hehee!!! :lock: :lock: :lock: :lock:

http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f266/czarina8083363/Picture20103a.jpg
add ko pa..
my classmates asked a flag from the Myanmar team.. the athletes naman gave a flag.. Singapore team posed also for a picture w/ my classmates:lol:


:banana2::dance:

o ba, way blema na bai, basta para sa kaayuhan sa atong tanan dre sa ssc-cebu, ako gyung himuon maski kontra sa akong kabubut-on! hahaha!!!! :hahaha:

yup, mabuhay si Jack "the wack" , long live Y 101... :D

what the *#@^? di ko makig away!!!! :) translation: i won't go away!

hapit na, hapit na, hapit na ma close ang thread! ako ang ga una sa countdown ha, walay mangilog! hehee!!! :lock: :lock: :lock: :lock:

hanggang ilang posts ba before having a new thread? sa PEx kasi, 5000 posts per thread lang ang allowed


:banana2::dance:

500

hello!:wave:

actually, nakaagi ra ko dinhi... then nalingaw kog edit sa akong avatar.. kaila lagi ka? nahibong lang ko kay naay Science High akong nakit-an sa post, ikaw diay..

anyways.. scary kaayo mu-post dinhi dili pareha sa PEx.. as in! wa ko naanad na serious ang forums.. nakaagi ra ko dinhi tungod kay nabwes*t ko sa PEx kay server busy na sad...


:lol:


:banana2::dance:

Pwede ra nimo i-post ang word nga bwesit... :lol: Anyways, taga Cebu diay ka? I had no idea. Maanad ra ka sa seryosohay diri, malingaw ka. :colgate:

Who Posted?
Total Posts: 327
User Name Posts
arnoldsa 34
-=+cZaRiNa+=- 30
dive-cebu 29
slerz 28
sugbuanon 26
sinjin 19
rusty18 16
fundraiser 15
Jimbu 15
Jefferyi 14
xXx carlos xXx 12
dabert 11
CwEoBwU 11
Wind Shear 9
tj_brewed 9
slimer 8
john_3:16 7
tagacebuako 5
JAMAICUS 5
Askal82 4
ashton 3
D'Transporter 3
simply_me 2
MarkiiBoi 2
chymera00 2
kiretoce 1
junax 1
P MARL 1
lotrfan55345 1
c0kelitr0 1
Joshua888 1
sleepwalker_uno 1
fenix 1


First day of posting ko dito sa SSC #2 agad ako:lol:


:banana2::dance:

sinjin, na change lagi ang imo tenor after knowing czarina is from cebu.. hehehe!!!

OT: Sinjin, friends baya ta sa Friendster.. i think Christmas account to nmo.. taga-USC NC man ka di ba..

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may new Jollibee branch fronting the McDo Fuente Branch.. kakatawa talaga kasi magkaharap ang dalwng fastfood chains nila:lol:


:banana2::dance:

hmmm, i should make it to number 1... watch out!

sinjin, na change lagi ang imo tenor after knowing czarina is from cebu.. hehehe!!!

hindi pala welcome kung hindi taga-Cebu:lol:

may kilala ba kayong legolass? she's an active cebuana pexer din eh..


:banana2::dance:

OT: Sinjin, friends baya ta sa Friendster.. i think Christmas account to nmo.. taga-USC NC man ka di ba..

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may new Jollibee branch fronting the McDo Fuente Branch.. kakatawa talaga kasi magkaharap ang dalwng fastfood chains nila:lol:


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yup, ive noticed that but markiiboi was the one who told us about this development when we had our meet sa starbucks... he just thought at that time that it's only a booth or something but based on what ive seen lately, it's a complete jollibee store gyud! :)

hindi pala welcome kung hindi taga-Cebu:lol:

may kilala ba kayong legolass? she's an active cebuana pexer din eh..


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welcome naman maski kinsa! it's just that, as what sinjin has told us, we should conform with the rules here so we can minimize non-sense and out of topic discussions or posts.... :)

sinjin, na change lagi ang imo tenor after knowing czarina is from cebu.. hehehe!!!

No, at first I was just guiding czarina about the rules but I was a bit discouraged because I thought she was ignoring all it but as I saw all her photos on the previous page, I thought that she had a lot to offer and contribute and that's good. :okay:

oh well, she's doing a good job bitaw! i'm enjoying looking at her posts man gani... and her koreanovela posts in other threads.. :)

Sige lang, I'm just here to help as the SSC Ombudsman. :)

hmmm, i should make it to number 1... watch out!

haha ako imo katapat sa no. 1 spot div.. :D

magyagayaga nya ko sa colon ky wala pa ko pics sa downtown.. :D

cge bai, ikaw puli ni budoy sa ismoltaym didto sa downtown.. pic pic ka sa mga mani vendors, tig ayo sa relo, mamaligyag buwak sa freedom, etc....

haha ako imo katapat sa no. 1 spot div.. :D

magyagayaga nya ko sa colon ky wala pa ko pics sa downtown.. :D


taka lang gyud ka marv da, si arnold ang leading bai... may gani kay murag ni log out na to siya... hapit na nato ma apsan!!! :cheers:

sinjin, natutuwa tlga ako sa yo... mgkapareho kasi kayo ng ugali ni Empress EeggeE sa PEx.. actually, EeggeE and i hav a 3-page argument sa PEx:lol: mas mabait ka lang kay EeggeE:lol:


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^^ Mabait talaga ako, ginagawa ko lang trabaho ko as the ombudsman here. ;)

guys, do you hav any satellite pic of cebu?


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czar, sinjin's a nice guy naman! btw, hope u will enjoy it here in ssc-cebu.. taga cebu man sad diay ka... just curious though, are you from luzon? coz u frequently use tagalog...

Ombudsman? mod lang yata sinjin... taga-USC ka ba?? di mo pa yan sinagot:lol:


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guys, do you hav any satellite pic of cebu?


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several times posted in cebu thread.. i think the other guys can help u locate those pics... :)

czar, sinjin's a nice guy naman! btw, hope u will enjoy it here in ssc-cebu.. taga cebu man sad diay ka... just curious though, are you from luzon? coz u frequently use tagalog...

mgtagalog ko kay kng basin ma-bisaya nko ug reply sa PEx:lol: taga-Cebu ko!!! im proud of it.. proud sad ko sa akong avatar!!:lol::cheer:

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Marvin, Slerz, Markiiboi, Fundraiser, Tj_brewed, daBert...and other forumers in Cebu right now...

Picture2x nasad anytime next week. I'm looking forward to Lapu-Lapu City coz I haven't explored this city yet.. Kinsay mukuyog?

Slerz, if ok with you, kaw nalang sabot dnhi.. Hehehehe

Source: wayblima.com

CEBU CITY
Although Cebu City itself is just one part of Cebu Province, often the word Cebu is taken to mean Cebu City. Cebu City is the second-largest city in the Philippines. It is actually bigger in reality than on paper, for it seamlessly borders on Mandaue City and Talisay City, forming one large metropolis. Hence, while technically the population of Cebu City is far less than a million, Metro Cebu as a whole is home to well over a million souls.

Cebu City evolved from a little town called Zubu, and is now grandly known as the Queen City of the South - because of the long history of the city and the elegance it has developed over time. Don Herrington of "Living in the Philippines" refers to Cebu City as the Paris of the Philippines, and that is a good description too.

Cebu City was a trading hub long before the Spanish arrived. Proof of this is that, after Legaspi sacked the city on April 27, 1565, he and his conquistadors were driven north by a food shortage. Clearly, the war resulted in the disruption of existing social and commercial systems, which caused the food shortage; the crisis would not have occurred in a more primitive economy.

Cebu City's main industry is often said to be the furniture industry. In reality, the two main biggest industries are education and medical care; people from all over the Visayas region conglomerate in Cebu City to get their degrees and operations. Consequently, during the vacation when schools are closed, traffic is far less severe and small business owners complain about lackluster trade.

Cebu City is Osmena country. The Osmena clan have ruled the city for as long as anyone can remember. Briefly, before the current administration of Mayor Tomas Osmena, a Garcia tried running the city, but, even though he had good ideas, he was a bit too soft for the job and the city became a mess. Cebuanos turned back to Mayor Tom, who is known for his dictatorial tendencies but is considered a firm and capable manager by friends and foes alike. One nice thing about Mayor Tom is the exceedingly humorous statements he tends to make, whether unwittingly or not.

The city is not perfect and many aspects could use improvement. As far as tourism is concerned, Cebu City still lacks a major world-class attraction. However, Cebu City consistently scores high in ratings as a place to visit and live; this is because of good balance. The city isn't too big or too small; it isn't too provincial or too metropolitan. It's not to hot or too cold. It isn't too inconvenient or too polluted. To quote Goldilocks, everything about Cebu City is juuuuuust right.

Whereas this website strives to be about the entire island of Cebu, the reality is that most of the material covered by this site is at present still actually from Cebu City. Hopefully this will change as Wa'y Blima! ventures further and further from the city to bring you information and features from all over the island.


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SM City Cebu.. opened November 1993.. 3rd largest SM Mall so far


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Ombudsman? mod lang yata sinjin... taga-USC ka ba?? di mo pa yan sinagot:lol:


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Merong moderator pero ako special, ombudsman. You could check the link on my signature... I'm a USC-NC student

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South Coastal Road--- yung mga sasakyang may permit lang pwdng dumaan dito.. mabuti nlng may permit yung tito ko:lol:


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SM City Cebu.. opened November 1993.. 3rd largest SM Mall so far


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It's the 4th largest, if I may correct po.
Accdng to size:
1. SM Megamall
2. SM North EDSA
3. SM Southmall
4. SM City Cebu

And soon, it will be the 5th largest when the SM Mall of Asia will overtake the top spot but because of its expansion, SM Cebu will overtake SM Southmall so, 4th pa rin! :cheer:

http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f266/czarina8083363/scr1.jpg
South Coastal Road--- yung mga sasakyang may permit lang pwdng dumaan dito.. mabuti nlng may permit yung tito ko:lol:


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bakit yung may permit lang? sino pwedeng makakuha ng permit?

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Redemptorist.. the 5th church in our visita iglesia.. merong KFC malapit jan..


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bakit yung may permit lang? sino pwedeng makakuha ng permit?

Actually, it's already open to the public

ahh ok

bakit yung may permit lang? sino pwedeng makakuha ng permit?

unfair nga eh.. yung may kilala lang o close sa city hall ang maaaring makakuha ng permit.. ewan ko na ngayon kung ganun pa rin..

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Fuente Osmena... if facing the Capitol, B. Rodriguez is at the left and General Maxilom Ave. (formerly the Mango Avenue) at the right

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@sinjin, sorry nakalimutan ko.. i completely forgot SM Southmall


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unfair nga eh.. yung may kilala lang o close sa city hall ang maaaring makakuha ng permit.. ewan ko na ngayon kung ganun pa rin..

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Fuente Osmena... if facing the Capitol, B. Rodriguez is at the left and General Maxilom Ave. (formerly the Mango Avenue) at the right

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@sinjin, sorry nakalimutan ko.. i completely forgot SM Southmall


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kahibalo man ka magcebuano diba?

unfair nga eh.. yung may kilala lang o close sa city hall ang maaaring makakuha ng permit.. ewan ko na ngayon kung ganun pa rin..



@sinjin, sorry nakalimutan ko.. i completely forgot SM Southmall


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Inde na po, it's already open to the public. At okay lang yan

Just passing by. Haven't read the posts here for several days now. I thought I clicked on the Manila development thread.

LANDMARKS
The heart of old Cebu is the downtown area. Its gritty, its old, and its dirty, but it has a lot of character. There's the Carbon Market, a huge sprawling bazaar of shops selling everything from vegetables to car batteries. There's Colon, named after Christopher Colon aka Columbus, the oldest street in the Philippines. This is where the Basilica del Santo Niño is located.

Proceeding for a few minutes along Osmeña Boulevard, you'll find yourself in the middle of Cebu, still called Uptown even though the real uptown has long since moved northwest. There's a large rotary - a roundabout - called Fuente Osmeña with a small park inside. Cebuanos are incorrigible abbreviators and call it "Fuente." There are a few hotels around Fuente, plus Chong Hua Hospital and Robinsons, a mid-sized mall.

Continuing along Osmeña Boulevard will take you to the Capitol, the seat of the governor of Cebu Province, and the Palace of Justice, which you will hopefully never see from the inside. President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo chose to be sworn in here on June 30, 2004, after squeaking past her opponent in the elections, apparently because the disproportionately large number of votes she won in Cebu Province was equal to the margin she beat her opponent by.

Just a few minutes from the Capitol is Guadalupe, home to the large Guadalupe Church and a cave with a shrine dedicated to the Virgin Mary. In addition to Santo Niño and Guadalupe, there is one other church you should know about: the Redemptorist, a major landmark about 10 minutes from Fuente.

A few minutes in the other direction is Cebu Business Park, home of Cebu's modern office towers and the Ayala Center, one of our two large malls. The place is a mess right now due to the construction of Cebu City's fourth flyover at the Escario/Arch Reyes crossing next to Ayala.

Continuing from Ayala will take you to Banilad, a largely upscale area where the hills begin. Head in the opposite direction and you'll be on the Reclamation Area, usually just called Recla, next to the international port and the piers. That's where you go to grab a boat to neighboring islands, such as Bohol, and the other provinces.

On Recla you'll find SM City Cebu, Cebu's other large mall. SM City is referred to as Shoemart in the older guidebooks, not because it looks like a shoebox from the distance, but because Henry Sy, the billionaire entrepreneur who owns it and the other SM City malls across the country, started out as a peddler of footwear.

There are a number of mini-malls often used as reference points. JY Square in Lahug opened in 2003, as did the Northgate Center, in Banilad. The Northgate is opposite the Gaisano Country Mall, which has been around for decades and looks it. The Gaisano clan's bowling and entertainment complex, the Gaisano Bowlingplex, is a stone's throw away. Near Fuente are the Cocomall, home to numerous dentists, and the Raintree Mall. The latest and largest of the bunch is the low-budget Elizabeth Mall, on the South Road.

One of the poshest places in Cebu is Crossroads, home to expensive restaurants, the Meddah spa, a few nightspots, and an upscale beauty parlor.

Towards the south of the city is the South Coastal Expressway, which opened in 2004. Who would have thought Cebu would ever get a six-lane highway? As of October, 2004, it's still free of potholes, and the only place you can comfortably exceed 100 kph in Cebu. You'd better have good brakes, though, because it's also used by tricycles.


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FACTS & STATS

AREA: 29,124 hectares (5,598 urban and 23,526 rural)
POPULATION SIZE 718,821 [Cebu City] 1,343,678 [Metro Cebu]
POPULATION DENSITY 2,562 persons/square km
POPULATION GROWTH RATE 1.77%

CEBU CITY BARANGAYS: Adlawon, Agsungot, Apas, Babag, Bacayan, Banilad, Basak Pardo, Basak San Nicolas, Binaliw, Bonbon, Budla-An, Buhisan, Bulacao, Buot-Taup, Busay, Calamba, Cambinocot, Capitol Site, Carreta, Cebu Port Center, Cogon Pardo, Cogon Ramos, Day-As, Duljo, Ermita, Guadalupe, Guba, Hippodromo, Inayawan, Kalubihan, Kalunasan, Kinasang-An, Kamagayan, Kamputhaw, Kasambagan, Labangon, Lahug, Lorega San Miguel, Lusaran North, Rural, Luz, Mabini, Mabolo Proper, Malubog, Mambaling, Pahina Central, Pahina San Nicolas, Pamutan, Parian, Paril, Pasil, Pit-Os, Poblacion Pardo, Pulangbato, Pung-Ol Sibugay, Punta Princesa, Quiot, Sambag I, Sambag II, San Antonio, San Jose, San Nicolas Proper, San Roque, Sirao, Santa Cruz, Santo Nino, Sapangdaku, Sawang Calero, Sinsin, Sudlon I, Sudlon II, T. Padilla, Tagba-O, Talamban, Tabuan, Taptap, Tejero, Tinago, Tisa, Toong, Zapatera

sorry po, wala akong list of brgys acdg to districts


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Guitars in Mactan
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source: cy.villegasonline.com


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Christmas season yata toh kinunan
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:lol::rotfl: mommy yan ng classmate ko jan sa city hall pic.. school ko kasi dati malapit sa Basilica and City Hall

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Pilgrim Center fronting Basilica del Sto Nino... Sinulog Season


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welcome janggeum este czarina to ssc. ive never been to PEx but this is the place where na-addict gyud ko.
btw guys, who among you notice a T-crane in the gaisano mall of cebu area? i think i saw one when i passed there last week. when i saw it again tonight, i think the t-crane is lighted. do you think they're starting the construction already?
hope somebody else can confirm this.

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Sto Nino images --- w/o the red dress, available sa stalls at the side of the Basilica


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@slimer, im Jang Geum!:lol: adik kog PEx sobra..

slimer, lingaw man sa PEx.. todo laugh trip ang mga away sa Kapuso ug Kapamilya:lol:


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Jefferyi 14
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naghahanap pa ako ng pic ng Cebu Ferries and the Badjaos


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nice pics btw czarina! keep posting while hindi ka pa nakapasok sa PEx. hehehe...

id rather stick here czarina. i was really looking for a site where the topic is about cebu. and then i found ssc. i only love to talk about cebu's development and our country too.

ships na bumabyahe sa Cebu
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server busy ulit ang PEx naku naman... post lang ako ng pics ha:lol:


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welcome janggeum este czarina to ssc. ive never been to PEx but this is the place where na-addict gyud ko.
btw guys, who among you notice a T-crane in the gaisano mall of cebu area? i think i saw one when i passed there last week. when i saw it again tonight, i think the t-crane is lighted. do you think they're starting the construction already?
hope somebody else can confirm this.

nop, it's not the G mall construction... if you notice the T crane is outside the fence of the lot... actually it's the expansion of CIT... CIT as of now is also expanding and their expansion is quite big...
even schools here in Cebu are expanding...

http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f266/czarina8083363/5P5041933.jpg
http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f266/czarina8083363/17_cebu_ferry_diving_for_pesos.jpg


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http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f266/czarina8083363/SF19.jpg
dagdag ko na rin tong Super Ferry 19


the next pics are c/o www.cyberbayan.org/Cebu
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Cebu Beach Club --- luv dat place a lot!!


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canal and fish pens in Cordova, a town south of Lapu-lapu city

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OT: nasaan na ba yung ex-schoolmate ko?? :lol:


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^^don't rush in posting pls... ;)

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University of San Carlos - Talamban Campus


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wow! thanks for the pics! ang gand nung bridge!

@slerz, sorry po..


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ang dami pang pics dito... pwede na ba akong magpost?


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ang dami pang pics dito... pwede na ba akong magpost?

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why not basta maganda go post it

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^plantation bay... hindi maganda yung pagkakuha:lol:


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source: www.harry.demon.nl/en/phil/cebu.html

Cebu is one of the bigger cities in the Philippines, but, fortunately, by far not as big as Manila. Cebu island is in the middle of the country, stretching from North to South. Cebu City is on the East coast, in between the sea and a mountain range. Therefore, you never have to go far to have a great view, and less than 10 km from the city centre there is one of the higher tops of the island. That is were I made these pictures.


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http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f266/czarina8083363/cebu1.jpg
Another picture, this is the part more to the North of downtown. The bright spot in the middle is the new Waterfront Hotel. The illuminated building on the right hand edge is Ayala Shopping Center, the lights to the left of the middle are SM City, another big shopping mall.


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OT: ang bagal talaga ng PEx!!!!

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LANDMARKS
The heart of old Cebu is the downtown area. Its gritty, its old, and its dirty, but it has a lot of character. There's the Carbon Market, a huge sprawling bazaar of shops selling everything from vegetables to car batteries. There's Colon, named after Christopher Colon aka Columbus, the oldest street in the Philippines. This is where the Basilica del Santo Niño is located.


I never thought that Chritopher Columbus was Cristobal Colon. So Colon was named after him.here (http://home.vicnet.net.au/~neils/renaissance/columbus.htm)

guys, pwede ba ako maging threadstarter for the Cebu Thread 23?? please..


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I never thought that Chritopher Columbus was Cristobal Colon. So Colon was named after him.here (http://home.vicnet.net.au/~neils/renaissance/columbus.htm)

Christopher Columbus is his english name. ;)

:wave:hello po sa lahat!


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@Animo, i saw you in PEx...


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hatinggabi na.. paalam na:wave:


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Saturday, April 22, 2006
Cebu ideal for Asean meet, safest, says Arroyo adviser

CEBU CITY -- Cebu is ideal as venue for the Asean summit in December, two Philippine officials attending a counter-terrorism forum said Friday.

"We chose Cebu because it is one of the most visited place and the safest," Benjamin Defensor, ambassador-at-large for counter-terrorism, told reporters during a press conference.

Both Defensor and presidential adviser for the peace process Jesus Dureza said reports that Cebu is the rest and recreation area of terrorists are purely speculative.

A number of international gatherings will be held in Cebu in the coming months in a run-up to the summit of leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations and their invited counterparts from the US, Japan, China, South Korea, Australia, New Zealand and Russia.

A regional security analyst urged Southeast Asian governments to launch joint military and intelligence operations against Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) militants to head off new attacks.

The Philippines, Malaysia and Indonesia should develop a "new platform" in its fight against the JI, and deploy joint forces to track down the extremists in their jungle bases, said Rohan Gunaratna of Singapore-based Institute of Defence and Strategic Studies.

Gunaratna told reporters on the sidelines of the international security forum that it was only a matter of time before another major attack, because terrorism was an "enduring threat" best addressed by close cooperation among governments.

"Because we see that the Philippines, Malaysia, and Indonesia enjoy a common sea border, it is important for the militaries and navies of these countries to conduct joint operations," he said, calling the militants "deadly and lethal."

JI has been blamed for the October 2002 bombings in the Indonesian resort of Bali which killed 202 people and of deploying suicide bombers also in the resort island last year, killing 20 civilians.

Gunaratna said it continues to operate jungle camps in Indonesia and in the southern Philippine region of Mindanao, where they are training with the locally based Abu Sayyaf group and the separatist Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF).

Gunaratna said there are less than a 100 JI foreign militants in Mindanao, but there are around 400 to 500 "trained" fighters in the region who are prepared to launch fresh attacks.

The head of Chinese delegation, Ambassador Chen Shiqiu, said terrorism breeds in situations where there is poverty, secessionist movements and cultural conflicts.

Chen urged the international community to invest more on poverty elimination.

She also urged the community to broaden its understanding and tolerance between different culture and civilizations.

The Chinese ambassador made keynote speech in Friday's session on "Assessing Counter-Terrorism Regional Approaches."

In a separate press conference, Dureza assured reporters that peace talks with MILF are making headway. He did not elaborate, though. (OCP/AFP)

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Finished na na Marvs. That's going to be a Folk Arts theater something. :) Nice na siya nga venue para sa Peace Philharmonic Orchestra (Cebu Youth Symphony Orchestra before)... Hehehe. It would have been nice if this was built near the vicinity of the CICC so that the area there in Mandaue will truly become a convention complex. :)


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Not just Makati slerz, but more or less it looks like a part of Kowloon in Hongkong especially the one in the intersection.

http://www.harrys-stuff.com/hong-kong/hong-kong-images/kowloon.jpg

http://www.norlos.com/weblog/mira/kowloon%20street.jpg http://www.imagesdumonde.be/Destinations/HongKong/Photos/Kowloon%203.jpg


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^ the last time i've been there the streets were pretty dirty, but looking at those pics, there doesn't seem to be much garbage lying around, i'm impressed by how clean the streets are! =D

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those wires are really an eyesore. the city council should legislate laws to require establishment install wires underground in the designated areas such as Colon.

hi -=+cZaRiNa+=- and all...

Marvin, Slerz, Markiiboi, Fundraiser, Tj_brewed, daBert...and other forumers in Cebu right now...

Picture2x nasad anytime next week. I'm looking forward to Lapu-Lapu City coz I haven't explored this city yet.. Kinsay mukuyog?

Slerz, if ok with you, kaw nalang sabot dnhi.. Hehehehe

when mag photo shoot? and what time? pwede after 4pm? ehehehehhehehe tapos weekend? plz?

^^ mokuyug ko if my time permits, kanus-a man ni?

unsa na na bangko na gi construct atbang FGU?

Mga bai, asa mana dapita i-construct and Cebu Tower Palace? Mao banag gi-construct atbang sa Ayala Center Cebu? :)

I've heard that McDonald's would want to expand in Cebu sometime this year...or was it next year. Anyway, can somebody be kind enough to enlighten me on this? Thanks in advance. :)

Mga bai, asa mana dapita i-construct and Cebu Tower Palace? Mao banag gi-construct atbang sa Ayala Center Cebu? :)

kanang sa kilid...the lot na gi-occupy before sa Kaona Grill.....lahi pud na commercial and residential condo ang kanang on going construction atubangan sa ACC, near flyover and Pag-ibig Tower (across ParkLane Hotel)

I've heard that McDonald's would want to expand in Cebu sometime this year...or was it next year. Anyway, can somebody be kind enough to enlighten me on this? Thanks in advance. :)
asa raw sa cebu muconstruct ug macdonald?

kanang sa kilid...the lot na gi-occupy before sa Kaona Grill.....lahi pud na commercial and residential condo ang kanang on going construction atubangan sa ACC, near flyover and Pag-ibig Tower (across ParkLane Hotel)

Yeah, it's like a construction boom for CBP

^^I hope they build a mcdonalds in dalaguete aron kada bakasyon nako sa ako lola hapit ra kog happy meal kadyot



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OT: Hoi czarina and dabert, taga CCNSHS mo? ako sad

^^ latest branch of mcdonalds na nakita ko that is U/C is in the old rositas fuente, beside chowking, pero galibog ko, diba the mcdonalds na naa sa belvic sa una (orange brutus now, below majestic restaurant-mango) was closed kay duol ra kaayo sa mcdonalds EMSU? karon mag open sila ug lain na branch pero duol man gihapon ni sa EMSU.

When I passed by Fuente Osmeña two weeks ago, I saw that Rositas is already closed. Since when was this?

Guys, sorry ha ? Wala gyud ko kahibalo nga bawal diay ang thread about competing cities, maybe im just too ignorant for not reading the rules. :sleepy: and for my ignorant i deserve this :bash: :bash: :bash: :bash: :bash: :bash: :bash: :bash: :bash: :bash: :bash: :bash: :bash: :bash: :bash: :bash: :bash: :bash: :bash: :badnews: :bash: :bash: :bash: :bash: :bash: :bash: :bash: :bash: :dizzy:

Guys, sorry ha ? Wala gyud ko kahibalo nga bawal diay ang thread about competing cities, maybe im just too ignorant for not reading the rules. :sleepy: and for my ignorant i deserve this :bash: :bash: :bash: :bash: :bash: :bash: :bash: :bash: :bash: :bash: :bash: :bash: :bash: :bash: :bash: :bash: :bash: :bash: :bash: :badnews: :bash: :bash: :bash: :bash: :bash: :bash: :bash: :bash: :dizzy:


You dont have say sorry pnggirl, just dont make any threads like that in the future. ok?

Pnggirl, maybe you can make a thread about competing malls in Cebu , or a thread about which hotel in Cebu is the best. But you dont have to say sorry. ( i forgive you already hehehe-joke).

sinjin, i was in that area last thursday evening lang, see, pila pa ka ka days wala sa cebu naa na dayon lain development.

anybody here goin to jamaican nights?

^^ @Fundraiser: Haha, basin ug inig balik nako diha, katunga na sa human ang Megadome, nakatindog na ang SM Annex, nakasugod na ang Ayala Annex, etcetera! :colgate:

who would you want to win in the bidding for a commercial area on cebu province's lot at the formerly cebu int'l school? next week na bidding diba?

^^I hope they build a mcdonalds in dalaguete aron kada bakasyon nako sa ako lola hapit ra kog happy meal kadyot



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OT: Hoi czarina and dabert, taga CCNSHS mo? ako sad

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OT: what batch? CCNSHS is still a great school.. can i post a pic of our beloved alma mater here?


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who would you want to win in the bidding for a commercial area on cebu province's lot at the formerly cebu int'l school? next week na bidding diba?
what would they build in that area? to be specific?

Just dropping by... :cool:

sorry to ask, but where/what is EMSU?

^^ latest branch of mcdonalds na nakita ko that is U/C is in the old rositas fuente, beside chowking, pero galibog ko, diba the mcdonalds na naa sa belvic sa una (orange brutus now, below majestic restaurant-mango) was closed kay duol ra kaayo sa mcdonalds EMSU? karon mag open sila ug lain na branch pero duol man gihapon ni sa EMSU.

^^ EMSU is the building with circular windows where McDOnald's Jones is anchored.

who would you want to win in the bidding for a commercial area on cebu province's lot at the formerly cebu int'l school? next week na bidding diba?


For me i would prefer SM. The Banilad area will surely become the shopping district of Metro Cebu. But i hope they will not make a box type building.

^^ EMSU is the building with circular windows where McDOnald's Jones is anchored.

oh thanks! :) not really from cebu so i'm not really familar with the names of buildings.

apil ba ang robinsons? sana robinsons na lang, hehe, but i dont think robinsons has plans of putting another mall sa cebu, there was a news article posted in another thread and there were no mentions about a cebu expansion. but i just hope naa unta, make a cebu galleria. though sm is fine with me, toinks.

^^ pwd ayala na lang? :D

CEBU: The Metropolis and Province ~More than the Usual, Beyond the Expected~
Shining, Shimmering, So Splendid Thread XXIII



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When Cebu was "discovered" by Ferdinand Magellan in 1521, it was truly a discovery, for it opened the eyes of the world to what it did not expect to see.

We had been a bustling trading post in Asia, long before the first of his ships landed, positioned right in the middle of whatwas to become the Philippine Archiepelago.

The island, with its natural port, was a logical destination, and its people, so steeped in the ways of trade and commerce, were its greatest natural resources.

Fast-forward 436 years, and Cebu remains a discovery. It remains that one bright spot, situated right at the geographic center of the archipelago. It is the fastest growing economy in the country, with an average growth rate significantly higher than that of the entire nation, and any other province.

The Province leads 78 other provinces in gross assets, equity and total income.
Frequently been asked: WHY CEBU?

Because there is a reason why we are number one.

There is a reason why this small island leads the entire country in exports of furniture, fashion accessories, carageenan, gifts, toys, and houseware.

There is a reason why Cebu consistently gets the biggest chunk of tourist arrivals yearly, and has become the tourist gateway to Central and Southern Philippines.

There is a reason why Cebu is fast becoming the I.T. and call center capital of the country.

Why Cebu?

Perhaps because the island is naturally situated to become the center of all this action.

It is a natural port. More than 80% of inter-island shipping capacity is based here, on this small island. It is the most accessible place to and from all points in the country, with more domestic air and sea linkages than even Manila.

It is naturally safe. It does not lie within any earthquake zone or typhoon belt. There are no volcanoes on the island.

It has the necessary, well-balanced infrastructure to remain competitive, and to sustain development. And yet, within minutes from its cosmopolitan quarters, you are immediately transported to resort settings and natural wonders.

Why Cebu?

Most of all, because of its PEOPLE. An independent, self-reliant, entrepreneurial culture pervades the island, which makes its people eminently positioned to seize the opportunities that nature presented it.

We have a highly educated workforce geared towards non-agricultural lines, the reason why Cebu has become the center of global attention for services and information technology.

We are naturally peaceful. We have among the lowest crime rates, and the best peace and order records of all cities and provinces in the Philippines.

Why Cebu? The Island. Its People. We have had four centuries of being discovered by the world. And we invite you to discover today - this island, this people.

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Strategic Location
Longtitude 123deg18' and 124deg40' east
Latitude 9deg25 and 11deg21' north
Congressional Districts 6
Land Area in Hectare 508,844
Chartered Cities 2
Component Cities 4
Municipalities 47
Barangays 1,202
Population 3,121,587
Households 2,876
Income Classification 1st
Distance From Capital 588 kilometers (365 miles)
Time Travel From Capital 1 hour by plane
Boundaries North - Visayan Sea
Northeast - Camotes Sea
West - Tañon Strait
South - Mindanao Sea
Southeast - Bohol Strait





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LINKS TO RELATED THREADS

Heritage of Cebu Thread (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=300832&goto=lastpost)
Metro Cebu and Province Under Constructions Thread (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=311856&goto=lastpost)
Metro Cebu and Province Infrastructure Thread (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=6747672&goto=lastpost)
Mactan-Cebu International Airport Thread (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=328389&goto=lastpost)

pwede Shangrila Mall? :)

^^ pwd ayala na lang? :D

Aside from SM , ok pud ang Ayala pero duol ra kaayo sa Ayala Center Cebu.
I think Robinsons will make a mall in the north reclamation area (at the superblock). Btw mga bai, How big is the Elizabeth mall + the proposed expansion?

Aside from SM , ok pud ang Ayala pero duol ra kaayo sa Ayala Center Cebu.

kaya shangrila mall na lang! ehehehe wala pa may shangrila mall dire sa visayas...eheheheh all kidding aside, kinsa diay ang mga nagbid? what developers?

CEBU: The Metropolis & Province Thread XXIII http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?p=8149641

sorry, gumawa agad ako ng thread:lol:


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CEBU: The Metropolis & Province Thread XXIII http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?p=8149641

sorry, gumawa agad ako ng thread:lol:


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wow!!!!!! cool....pero pa tayo umaabot ng 500th post eh

kaya shangrila mall na lang! ehehehe wala pa may shangrila mall dire sa visayas...eheheheh all kidding aside, kinsa diay ang mga nagbid? what developers?


Ok pud ang Shagrila mall tj, but i think it would be better for them to make one in Mactan duol sa mga resort for the convenience of the tourist.

wow!!!!!! cool....pero pa tayo umaabot ng 500th post eh

katulad sa PEx, kahit hindi pa umabot ng 5000 posts nag-uunahan agad kaming gumawa ng new thread... wait uhmm.. paano ba i-pin yung thread?


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katulad sa PEx, kahit hindi pa umabot ng 5000 posts nag-uunahan agad kaming gumawa ng new thread... wait uhmm.. paano ba i-pin yung thread?


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u dont have to worry about that here in ssc... forumers here are friends na...magkakabarkada na nga halos lahat eh! so walang nag-uunahan sa paggawa ng new thread.... :) hmmmm i dont know how to close a thread temporarily...maybe u can ask sinjin or some of the mods... :)